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exactly the same line?
not even the JVBERi0xLjQNJeLjz9MNCjQ3IDAgb2JqIDw8L0xpbmVhcml6ZWQgMS9MIDEwNTQ0Ni9PIDQ5L0Ug part changing?

sorry, I was not precise. The line IS changing, i.e. there are different characters and numbers.
But it goes on forever. Also, the file on the disk (the attachment I try to download) does not increase in size, it rests at 0k all the time.

I believe that there is some funny firewall related stuff which is preventing the download.

the line looks like a base64 encoded something, hence i asked, and you should be able to find those lines in the mail source.

i am guessing the mail client needs to download the base64 encoded string, and decoded it once it has the entire string.
so - depending on the size of the attachment, that could take a bit (also depending on your internet connection)

what you could do would be sending yourself a mail with a very small attachment, and try downloading that.

another thing to check is write permission and quote usage on the disk (though i am doubting that will be the cause of the issue).

i believe as long as you see those debug messages ("CreateNewLineFromSocket") thunderbird is fetching the attachment and _not_ failing.

the line looks like a base64 encoded something, hence i asked, and you should be able to find those lines in the mail source.

i am guessing the mail client needs to download the base64 encoded string, and decoded it once it has the entire string.
so - depending on the size of the attachment, that could take a bit (also depending on your internet connection)

what you could do would be sending yourself a mail with a very small attachment, and try downloading that.

another thing to check is write permission and quote usage on the disk (though i am doubting that will be the cause of the issue).

i believe as long as you see those debug messages ("CreateNewLineFromSocket") thunderbird is fetching the attachment and _not_ failing.

how long have you let it run for?

I did now send a very small pdf attachment (3.3k) to myself and I was able to download it in almost no time.

Moreover, I tried to (or rather am still trying) download a 390k pdf attachment....without any success. File size stays the same on disk and thunderbird keeps telling me: "Downloading message..." since 10min.

It is not a problem of internet connection speed because with the windows machine (in the same LAN) I am downloading such attachments in no time.

Concerning base64: I am on an ASUS AMD Turion64...but that shouldn't pose too much of a problem I think.

what you could try, would be storing the entire message on your computer (the *.eml file, not just the attachment), then open the .eml file and save the attachment from there, as like i said, attachments are stored in the raw mail message.

what you could try, would be storing the entire message on your computer (the *.eml file, not just the attachment), then open the .eml file and save the attachment from there, as like i said, attachments are stored in the raw mail message.

Going to Thunderbird/View/Message source shows me instantly the whole message, i.e. the text as well as the pdf attachment in line which looks like this:

Hmm, yes but it's not a mail client issue. I tried kmail, mutt, claws-mail, thunderbird, the webmail interface... always the same problem.

If I connect to one of our network servers and launch a mail client (no matter which one), voila it works. Thus I suspect there is something inherent in my Ubuntu installation which is preventing my attachment downloads.

And yes, maybe I am not ready for Linux...which is kind of a shame because I've been using it since a few years now and didn't stumble upon such a persistent problem so far.